Sash fastener.



Y No. 705,260. Patmd luly 22, |902.

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SASH FASTENER.

(Application filed' Nov. 1, 1901.)

2 sheets-Sheet L (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. LODOR, OF VILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N 0. 705,260, dated July22, 1902.

Application filedNovember l, 1901. Serial Noi 8018241 (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. LoDoR, acitizen of the United States,residing at Wilmington, in the county of New Hanover and State of NorthCarolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sash-Fastenersfor Car and other Windows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sash-fasteners for car and other windows, andhas for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operatedfastener of the character referred to which will permit the window to befreely raised and lowered with the exertion of very slight force orpower, which will effectually lock the window in any position to whichit may be adjusted, which will securely hold the Window against rattlingin its frame, and by means of which the windows may be closed thoroughlydust, air, and water tight.

To these ends my invention consists in the features and intheconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims following thedescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this specication, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in frontelevation, showing my improved fastenerapplied topa carwindow. Fig. 2 isaftransverse horizontal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of vFig-1.

Fig. 3 is 'a view similar to Fig.' 1, showing a' slightly-modiliedconstruction; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view of aportion of one of theeccentric-rods.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates acar-window sash, and 2the frame in which it is arranged to slide, bothsash and frame being of ordinary or any preferred construction'.Arranged adjacent to the opposite sides of the windowframe 2 are twovertical rods 3, each being provided with parallel circumferential oran'-Y n'ular ribs- 4, preferably V-shaped in crosssection, or, in otherwords, the rods are circumferentially corrugated, the corrugations beingpreferably V-shaped. The opposite ends of each rod have formed thereonpivot projections or trunnions 5, said trunnions or pivots being invertical alinement and each being-arranged eccentrically to the verticallower ends of the rods'3 passing through said i sill; but it will beobvious that brackets of any construction suitable for the purpose maybe employed and that the lower brackets may be arranged on'the upperside of or above the sill. On the lower end of each eccentric-rod isformed or fixed a radially-projecting 4lug 8, and to said lug ispivotally connected one eind of a link or connecting-rod 9, the otherend of said rod being reduced to form a shouldered tenon 10, as mostclearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The two links 9 are disposed inalinement with one another, their adjacent tenoned ends' being slightlyseparated, as shown, and fitted over the tenons 10 is a compressedcoiled spring 11, that operates to force said links apart or in oppositedirec- .together at their" points of intersection in manner similar toapair of tongs. The outer -or free endsofthe 'levers 12 are suitablyshaped sothat the two may simultaneously be grasped by vthehan'd, andpivotally attached to one of said free ends is one end of a lever orlatch 13, the other end thereof being adapted to engage a notch14:,formed on the -inner side of the free end of the other lever,

and thus hold the ends of said levers positivelyV spread apart. "The twolevers may be i conveniently pivoted together by a screw 15,

which is screwed into the Vwindow-sill, and also serves to attachtheretothe fastener-actuating mechanism' described, Fitted in or attached totheopposite inner sides of the stiles 15 of the window-sash are padsorblocks 16 of rubber or other suitable yieldingmaterial, which are so'arranged relatively to the eccentric-rods 3 that they will be engaged bythe ribs of the latter when saidl rods are turned in theproperdirection.

The operation of the window-fastening con- Patented July 22, |902.

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SASH FASTENER.

(Application led Nov. 1, 19017.) y

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Patented July 22, |902.

No. 705,2-6l.

J. C. LDDOR. ACTUATINGDEVICE FORLIDS 0R COVERS.

Application ined Aug. 12, 1901.)

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